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A. H. KURSHEEDT. ORNAMENTED FABRIC.

Patented June 1,1897.

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M WITNESSES ATTO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHONSE H. KURSI'IEEDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ORNAMENTED FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,490, dated June 1,1897. Application filed November 17,1896. Serial No. 612.417. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALPHONSE H. KUR- SHEEDT, residing in thecity,county,and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ornamen ted Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to ornamented fabrics; and it consists in the newand useful article of inanufactureto wit, an ornamentedfabric-hereinafter set forth and claimed.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a face view, on anenlarged scale, of a section of fabric embodying my invention and Fig. 2is a sectional View thereof.

My invention has for its object to produce a spangled fabric in whichthe means for securing the spangle to the said fabric are partlyconcealed. This I have accomplished, as shown in the accompanyingdrawings,by leading the securing-threads from the eye of the spangle toand beyond the edge thereof, one spangle being laid on the stitch,concealing it more or less.

In the drawings, A represents a fabric, preferably cloth, upon which aline of spangles b c d e is secured by sewing through the same by meansof a needle-thread 1 and a shuttlethread 2. In order that the inventionmay be understood, I have flanked this line of spangles at one extremityby a spangle a, which is secured to the cloth differently from theothers 6 c d e, and at the other extremity by a spangle f, which is notsecured to the cloth at all, but is in position to be secured by thethreads.

The operations of securing the spangles by the threads are performed asfollows: The needle-thread 1, whose course we will now follow, passesthrough the opening or eye of the spangle CL and through the fabric atthe point 7.0 in a loop a, returning to the upper face of the fabric andspangle a, the shuttlethread 2 being passed through the loop at, belowthe cloth or fabric A. After returning through the eye of the spangle athe needlethread 1 passes to and through the fabric at the point g in aloop 0, the shuttle-thread 2 being passed through the said loop, thethread continuing back through the cloth to the upper surface thereof,thence descending through the eye of the spangle bin a loop I), theshuttle-thread 2 returning and passing through the loop I). Thence theneedlethread 1 ascends through the cloth and passes over the upper faceof the spangle b to the point h on the fabric and there descends throughthe fabric in a loop d, the shuttlethread 2 passing through the saidloop 02. Thence the needle-thread returns through the cloth, passes overthe face of the spangle c, and descends through the eye of the spangle cand the cloth in a loop 0 through which the shuttle-thread 2 passes.Thence the thread ascends, returns through the eye of the spangle c, andpasses to the point i, where it descends through the cloth in aloop c,the shuttle-thread 2 passing through the loop 6, as before. Thence theneedle-thread 1 returns to the spangle cl and descends through the eyeof the said spangle and the cloth beneath it in a loop (1 through whichthe shuttle-thread 2 passes, as before, whence the needle-thread 1ascends through the cloth and eye of the spangle d and passes to thepoint j, descending through the fabric in a loop through which theshuttle-thread 2 is passed, and returns to the eye of the spangle e,passing through the said eye and the cloth beneath it in a loop ethrough which the shuttle-thread 2 is passed, whence it returns throughthe eye of the spangle 6. These operations may be repeated indefinitely.

It will be noted that in Fig. 2 the View is greatly enlarged, and for aclearer illustration the spangles are not shown as actually touching thefabric, but to all intents and purposes the span gles are in contactwith the fabric. It will likewise be noted that the spangle f is notshown as secured to the fab ric, but, as I have before pointed out, Ihave shown this spangle in this position, which is the position that itwould occupy if the operation were continued and its sewing tothe fabricefiected in the manner which I have indicated. It will likewise beobserved that the loops of the needle-thread extend only a shortdistance below the cloth from their apertures or points of passagethrough the cloth and that the shuttle-thread takes azigzag course backand forth on the fabric. This arises from the arrangement of thetension. If, however, we greatly increase the pulled out taut.

tension of the lower thread 2, the said thread will lie perfectlystraight along the course of the spangles, the loops of theneedle-thread in this instance being pulled farther into the holesthrough which they pass and along the under face of the cloth and pulledtogether by the shuttle-thread being laid straight on account of itstension. To illustrate this, let us consider the efiect upon the loops bc if we imagine the shuttle-thread in Fig. 2 to be If this occurs, itwill be noted that the loop I) will be pulled through the fabric andalong the under side thereof, as will likewise the loop a, and that theloop I) will overlap the loop 0, and the shuttlethread 2 will liestraight. So, therefore, it will be observed that the appearance of thestructure may be considerably varied without departing from the spiritof my invention, as the course of the threads with respect to each othermay be varied by altering the tension upon one thread or the other. Itwill be noted that although I have shown the spangles as overlappingeach other it is not necessary that they should so overlap, as otherarrangements may be resorted to.

hat I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new and useful article of manufacture, the hereiudescribedornamented fabric consisting of a fabric A having spangles upon a facethereof and secured thereto by securing means, substantially asdescribed, to wit: a thread 1 overlying the spangles from eye to edgethereof and holding the same to the fabric, the said thread 1 taking thefollowing course, namely, through the eye of the spangle, through thecloth in a loop, thence returning to the face of the spangle and passingbeyond the edge thereof and into the cloth in a loop, thence returningover the face of another spangle into the eye thereof, and through thesaid eye and fabric beneath in a loop, thence passing beyond the edge ofthe said spangle &c., and a thread 2 passing along the side of thefabric opposite the side which carries the spangle, the said thread 2passing through the loops of the thread 1, whereby the spangles may besecured to the fabric by means of two threads, substantially asdescribed.

ALPHONSE II. KURSHEEDT.

Vitnesses:

GEO. E. Monsn, MAURICE BLOCK.

